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In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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B-b-b-bonus! TV's Kevin, Justin, and Vern sat down to crack open this year's $120 million Francis Ford Coppola passion project, Megalopolis! How is the acting? How is the movie? Was it all worth it? Listen to find out! That way, you can also hear Vern be a legitimate groundbreaker on the metatext of this film! You will here exclusives here you never have before!
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